Best of Canberra

Locksmith recommendations in Canberra?

Locked out? Need emergency assistance? Or maybe you’d like your locks changed, or a full security system installed. Either way, you’ll need a top-quality locksmith that services the Canberra region.

With the help of your real-life experiences, we’ve put together a list of the best five locksmiths in Canberra. These companies can help you out in an urgent situation, and safeguard your home against unwelcome visitors.

If you know of a reliable locksmith, join the conversation below. Your feedback could help us make the best possible choice.

What Makes a Great Locksmith?

Most of us don’t require the services of a locksmith very often, but when we do, we want a high-quality service at a fair price.

What exactly makes the greatest locksmiths stand out from their competitors? Here’s what we think:

Expertise. The locksmith industry is fairly niche, and requires quite a bit of expertise to perform correctly. The best locksmiths know exactly what they are doing, whether they are working with residential or commercial customers.

Prompt. If you’ve locked yourself out of your home or office, you’ll need the help of a skilled locksmith as soon as possible. The best locksmiths in Canberra provide prompt emergency services that get you back inside sooner rather than later.

Experience. Years and years of on-the-job experience gives the best locksmiths their edge.

Reliable. As with all service providers, reliability is an absolute must. A good locksmith should turn up on time, every time. If they do need to cancel your appointment, they should give you plenty of notice.

Respectful. When we hire a locksmith, we invite them into our home or commercial premises. They should treat your space with the upmost respect, and should clean up any mess their services make.

The Top 5 Canberra Locksmiths According to You

RiotACT’s editorial team has combed through 19 years of on-site comments to compile a list of the most recommended businesses according to you.

To be listed in our Best of Canberra series, each business needs to have consistently received positive feedback on RiotACT and maintain a minimum average of 4/5 stars on both Google and Facebook reviews.

Family-owned all-hours locksmith that’s fully licenced and accredited with more than 35 years’ experience. Specialising in domestic, commercial and automotive services, they’ve received some really positive online reviews like this one from Rhiannon Wynn on Facebook: “Great service. From when we called took about 25 min to arrive & then opened the door within a minute. No fuss, no damage & friendly service. Highly recommend!”

Fyshwick-based business that has been around for over 30 years and provides emergency, residential, commercial and government services, as well as being able to help with automotive locks and safes. They’ve received some good feedback online with comments like “First class service…The response and friendly service was excellent and the locksmith was terrific. This is how a business should be run and where customer service and support receives top priority.” (Les Buick, Google).

Mobile 24-hour family owned business servicing Canberra, Queanbeyan, Tuggeranong and the surrounding suburbs. They have more than 20 years’ experience and can help with residential, commercial or auto locks. They’ve also had some good online reviews, like this Facebook review from Anne Flynn: “Thank you Sean for the amazing work you did with fixing our doors! We highly value your professionalism, efficiency, and trustworthy nature. Highly recommended lock and door locksmiths service!”

Fyshwick-based business that has been around for over 30 years and provides emergency, residential, commercial and government services, as well as being able to help with automotive locks and safes. They’ve received some good feedback online with comments like “First class service…The response and friendly service was excellent and the locksmith was terrific. This is how a business should be run and where customer service and support receives top priority.” (Les Buick, Google).

Located in Wanniassa, they provide automotive, commercial and residential services, key-cutting for your home, car or restricted key systems, and also stock garage and car remotes. They also provide a 24-hour mobile service in case of an emergency. Sue Field had a good experience with them, commenting in her Google review “First time use of an emergency locksmith & Paul was awesome! Prompt, polite & precise. Would definitely recommend.”

Share Your Experience with Locksmiths in Canberra

Thanks to our commenters who have provided insightful feedback, if you believe we have got it wrong, please let us know.

Have you hired a locksmith in the Canberra region before?

Let us know how it went. Did they show up on time? Could they get the job done? Were they friendly and respectful? Share your experiences with others in the comments section below.

We also got deadbolt locks installed recently for the ensuite. We wanted some one reliable to do the job, We checked out the Master Locksmith Association and got few quotes from local locksmith.
Ended up http://www.highsecuritylocksmiths.com.au – Have got them bookmarked as well

We recently purchased the CCTV from Aldi, not the best but does the trick.

Jason is great – turned up really quickly when I locked myself out and also gave me advice on the weaker points of security in my house. He does installations as well and won’t sell you stuff you don’t need.

Any competent Handyman should be able to install a deadbolt. As stated earlier though, a deadbolt on an internal door won’t be particularly effective due to the weaker door and doorframe. Go for a doggy door or find another alternative to letting the dog access the laundry.

Internal doors and frames are not really strong enough to justify deadbolts on them. One kick and the door will be open thus defeating the deadbolt function.

If all you are tyring to do is keep others (like borders) out of some rooms you would be better off financially with just some standard key locks and if you really need dead bolts you need to replace the door and frame with something more substantial.

Thanks recommenders.

And thanks for the info JC, I will keep that in mind and may modify my plans. I am actually trying to allow our new puppy to be able to access the laundry whilst we are at work- thus leaving the backdoor open, but wanting to lock the internal laundry door that connects to the rest of house.

Thoughts on doggy doors anyone?

Ah, was wondering if you might have a grow house going there! Just joking.

But another thing to think about now you have explained what you are trying to do, is the laundry door will more than likely open into the laundry, which makes what you are trying to do even harder.

The reason being is your hinges will be inside the laundry on the ‘unsecure’ side, so even with a dead lock anyone who can get into the laundry will be able to just pop the pins on the hinges and pull the door off.

So you really need to ensure if they have popable pins (95% chance I reckon) you change them to hinges that have fixed pins.

Alternatively cannot think of the name of them off the top of my head, but you can get some things that look like pins that mount to the hinge side of your door frame that go into holes in the frame. Basically if the door is shut you cannot remove hinges and pull the door off. Though again you need a door that is a bit more solid than the average internal door to take these.

Internal doors and frames are not really strong enough to justify deadbolts on them. One kick and the door will be open thus defeating the deadbolt function.

If all you are tyring to do is keep others (like borders) out of some rooms you would be better off financially with just some standard key locks and if you really need dead bolts you need to replace the door and frame with something more substantial.

Thanks recommenders.

And thanks for the info JC, I will keep that in mind and may modify my plans. I am actually trying to allow our new puppy to be able to access the laundry whilst we are at work- thus leaving the backdoor open, but wanting to lock the internal laundry door that connects to the rest of house.

Internal doors and frames are not really strong enough to justify deadbolts on them. One kick and the door will be open thus defeating the deadbolt function.

If all you are tyring to do is keep others (like borders) out of some rooms you would be better off financially with just some standard key locks and if you really need dead bolts you need to replace the door and frame with something more substantial.